AIRCRAFT MRO: VENDOR JOB CARD
VENDOR JOB CARD: QOCO SYSTEMS
Ville Santaniemi, Senior Partner offers us an insight into the customer focused ethos that is at the heart of QOCO Systems enduring success Ville entered world aviation in 2005 when he started working for Finnair. It did not take long for him to find the position where he felt he could contribute the most to the success of the company. Having a strong background in IT (teaching Java programming in the university) and having focused heavily on business studies, Ville has always felt comfortable working with and aligning the needs of business and IT. Within aviation, aircraft maintenance and airline operations are the two areas where Ville has gathered the most experience. His career has taken him from Finnair, to Emirates and now to QOCO Systems Ltd as a Senior Partner since 2015 and he says that, honestly speaking, he stumbled into aviation, but has loved the journey from the start. Aircraft IT: Your name, your job, and the name of the business? Ville Santaniemi: Ville Santaniemi, Senior Partner, QOCO Systems Ltd Aircraft IT: How did QOCO Systems Ltd get started? VS: QOCO Systems was established in 2009 by my colleague Ilari Neitola, CTO/Chairman of the Board. He wanted to combine his two main interests , aviation and IT. Ilari saw opportunities to improve maintenance planning activities through software combining information from multiple sources with an easy and user-friendly interface. He thought that the
best opportunity to drive the change was becoming an entrepreneur and that is when QOCO was established. Ilari ran the company successfully for many years delivering IT solutions for both the aviation and railway industry. In 2015 QOCO’s ownership was reorganized. This
is the time when I joined the company as a partner along with Lauri Jämsén and Arttu Kataja. Both Ilari and I have a long history in the aviation field having started working at Finnair while studying at the Helsinki University of Technology (nowadays Aalto University).
“Ilari saw opportunities to improve maintenance planning activities through software combining information from multiple sources with an easy and user-friendly interface.” AIRCRAFT IT MRO • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021 • 38